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EthelVintage

@ethelvintage.bsky.social
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Just me, concerned for the future, fan of renewables, non practising sparky, lover of food, wine and books

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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 11h
Antisemitism
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The common trigger.
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Dii Moffatt @diimoffatt.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Menace to democracy Elon Musk has slowed Starlink to sabotage Ukraine and help Putin. So what country will be stupid enough to pay millions to any of Elon Musk's companies when they now know that he may unilaterally breach contracts for personal reasons on a petulant whim? Oh, I know! The US.
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Steph Hodgins-May @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
What do we want? A gas tax. What is Labor delivering? Another favour factory with their favourite gas donors! 📣Labor: do a deal for Australians. Tax our gas exports a minimum 25% so we can raise some revenue, bring down the cost of living and fund the clean energy transition. It’s a no-brainer.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
There are few people who demonstrate every day that they are a complete piece of shit more than Vance
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
'Anthropic is warning that some of its AI models could soon become “self-replicating” and find ways to infiltrate internet-connected devices, such as smart fridges and automatic vacuum cleaners.' Gosh, Anthropic. Maybe you should just stop making this crap then. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
AI in your oven? Anthropic warns models ‘months away’ from self-replication on smart devices
Researchers say ‘AI worms’ could soon infiltrate internet-connected devices amid calls for increased guardrails
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Rosie de Difficult Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I absolutely love this idea 😍‼️
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The Great Gas Giveaway just hit $78billon. And look, tbf, the gas companies are doing it tough. The government choosing to not do a 25% tax on gas exports is only fair - not like there are any needs currently being unmet... health, education, care, poverty, disability... live.thepoint.com.au
Screenshot of The Aus Institute's Great Gas Giveaway tracker:

$78,001,671,884

Revenue missed by not implementing a 25% tax on gas exports
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Also, Australia's ONE NATION'S Thoughts
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The word for this is racism
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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh @tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Twang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Michael West confronts Westpac on why it is sharing its customer data with evil spy company Palantir. What on earth are you thinking, Westpac? youtube.com/shorts/R0hoW... #auspol
youtube.com
Westpac shared customer data with Palantir
YouTube video by The West Report
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Ignoble Jim R Houghton @jimrhoughton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How can you whinge about being 'hurt' by being snubbed in your local coffee shop, when your whole political purpose is to hurt others on far greater scales? People's reaction to your hate is not a tradable equivalent to your hate in the first place. pulsetasmania.com.au/news/richmon...
pulsetasmania.com.au
Richmond coffee shop publicly shuns One Nation state leader over political beliefs
Lee Hanson says she has been a regular at the shop since it opened…
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Reminder - Japan imports more gas from Australia than it needs, and so it onsells it to other countries for a profit. www.afr.com/world/asia/a...
afr.com
Australia moves to calm Japan’s jitters over gas reservation policy
Treasurer Jim Chalmers used a large business gathering near Tokyo to promise executives that Australia would remain a dependable energy supplier.
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Jenny O’Connor @jenocon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Not really hiding it anymore, are they www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
One Nation to establish headquarters in multimillion-dollar Brisbane office bought by Gina Rinehart
Barnaby Joyce defends move, saying party will lease space from mining billionaire’s company at commercial rates
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hey, @australianlabor.bsky.social, stop being cunts. Don't fucking pixel bitch about the victims of Robodebt; it was an egregious crime committed by the state against it's most vulnerable. Just pay the compensation. #auspol
theguardian.com
‘You’re denying what you did to my son’: mother of robodebt victim told she is ineligible for compensation
Commonwealth lawyers argue Jarrad Madgwick, whose death by suicide was highlighted at royal commission, ineligible as he only received provisional debt notice
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of those "oh things are improving... wait, WTUF, the gap is that big?" graphs
Chart of median age of death:

	Non-indigenous	Indigenous
2009	80.9	56.1
2010	81.1	56.5
2011	81.3	56.7
2012	81.6	57.2
2013	81.7	57.3
2014	81.8	57.8
2015	81.9	57.9
2016	82	58.7
2017	82	59.3
2018	82	60.1
2019	81.9	60.4
2020	81.9	61
2021	82	61.7
2022	82.1	62.3
2023	82.3	63
2024	82.3	63.2
2025	82.2	63.5
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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.naruresearch.com.au · 04/10/2026
Oh wow. This is proper fucked. That list of folks eligible for a free vaccine is *narrow*. So anyway, we gave BHP $600m in diesel rebates this past year. You know they really needed them because in the same year the company booked a $14b profit.
australianpharmacist.com.au
Fewer Australians will qualify for free COVID-19 vaccines from October - Australian Pharmacist
COVID-19 vaccines move onto the NIP this week. Who is now eligible for a funded vaccine and what should pharmacists tell patients who aren’t?
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Jessica D. M. 🇺🇦 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 🪃 🟧 @jessicaperthwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Auspol If Governments want our young to have more kids, here is a thought, provide them with jobs that offer a decent wage and affordable homes.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate gets shredded trying to claim the White House has got it all wrong, & that he did have dinner with Trump, but insists his receipts and conversations will remain "private" 🙄 The smell of corruption is overwhelming.
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call634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
HEH. Last one, got to do the dishes, Larry needed a day off.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave.
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is an absolutely brilliant ad We need this here in Australia too We need our own version made Says it all so succinctly #Immigrants we need them 
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13/09/2026
Here is AOC and Mamdani laughing at the solemn 9/11 commemoration. Oh wait…
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This is sewer-level stuff from Littleproud.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026
With all respect to the BBC, the reason this story "matters" is not about whether it distracts from Reform's conference. It "matters" because it is important our leaders are not conspiring to break the law.
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
it is understood the New South Wales public will fund state-armed protection for Israeli military from <checks notes> members of the New South Wales public who oppose genocide. www.sportingnews.com/au/tsn/news/...
It is understood Oryon will be given police protection for the entirety of the race.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"So we CANNOT have wind turbines or solar panels because of how it iruins the landscape', but data centers somehow get a free pass??"
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Morning. ☕️
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This man collapsed on the street in Amsterdam 3 years ago, has aphasia and can only speak a couple of words (in English). Known to some locals as "Chris the Canadian", so maybe that's where he's from. Maybe someone recognises him. Please share.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Jim Chalmers calls out the LNP and One Nation for “working around the clock to undermine & diminish” Super, saying after Bragg’s, Hume’s, Canavan’s and Hanson’s attacks, come election time a vote for LNP/OP will be the “biggest risk to universal Super” in its “40yr history”💥
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
A brief note for Nadhim Zahawi.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Happy 10 year anniversary of the best mic drop on Twitter. Hard to believe it’s been so long! Congrats @astrokatie.com

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
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Honestly climate change scares the heck out of me and it makes me so sad to see what we're losing because of it.

Gary P Jackson (RAT) @gary4205
@AstroKatie Maybe you should learn some actual SCIENCE then, and stop listening to the criminals pushing the #GlobalWarming SCAM!

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
@gary4205 | dunno, man, I already went and got a PhD in astrophysics.
Seems like more than that would be overkill at this point.
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Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Despicable.
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Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 29/07/2026
Australia has skills shortages, yet almost half of skilled migrants are working below their qualification level. A clogged recognition system is wasting teachers, nurses, engineers and tradespeople already here, John Menadue writes. #auspol #Migration #Skills
pearlsandirritations.com
Australia is wasting the skills migrants bring
Almost half of skilled migrants are working below their qualification level, while Australia’s complex recognition system leaves urgently needed teachers, nurses, engineers and tradespeople underused.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm old enough to remember when polio put my friends into iron lungs. We dutifully lined up at school to get vaccinated. We eradicated the disease. We protected the common good and saved lives. What RFK Jr. is doing to public health in America is a disgrace.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Also do they not realise the "prequel" of the story is literally in THE FRICKEN STORY!!!!
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
For those of you that ever wondered what scares the shit out of him: #FabFord
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Not only should we not draw cartoons that people disagree with (and they are free to do so in a democracy) - we should be punished for it. I wonder what kind of punishment they have in mind.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
No Voice for Australian indigenous people but Albanese let a group who represents a minority of Jewish people in Australia have extraordinary influence on public bodies Fuck off
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Man spent five hours filling his bucket with fish, until he woke up to find every single one gone. On May 20th, a man was fishing off a dock when he started having one of the best days he’d had in weeks. Dock camera showed his Dog was feeding a Dolphin 🐬
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kerry5355 @kerry5355.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Pro-Israel lobbyist who said ‘there are no civilians’ in Gaza testified at Royal Commission open.substack.com/pub/deepcutn...
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Pro-Israel lobbyist who said ‘there are no civilians’ in Gaza testified at Royal Commission
Here are some past statements made by Arsen Ostrovsky
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Amnesty International has called for Dr Hussam Abu Safiya to be released from Israeli prison for months. His life and health are at risk after horrific detention and abuse. Australians who worked in Gaza have told me how doctors are targeted. Australia must call for his release.
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Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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